Bottle closure



Nov. 5, 1929.

F. SCHNEIBLE BOTTLE CLOSURE Filed Jan. 26, 1928 INVENTOR I @MW EY Patented Nov. I, 19255 UNTEE) STATES PATENT OFFICE FRANKSCHNEIBLE, `or NEW YORK, N. Y.

BOTTLE CLOSURE The object of this invention is to provide for bottles which have a bead about the mouth and are commonly used for beverages, a temporary closure which canbeapplied to a bottle after it has been opened by the removal of the cap, for the purpose of closing the bottle again after a portion of t-he contents has been removed and so preserving the remainder for future use. Various closures have been devised heretofore for such purposes and the special object in view inthis invention has been to produce an improved closure which can be manufactured at a reasonable cost, shall be so constructed that it can be used repeatedly without losing its einciency, and shall make rit possible for every bottle with which it is used to be closed tightly against admission of air or leakage of the contents or escape of gas with which the contents may be charged. The improved yclosure is also constructed in such manner that it can be applied or removed quickly.' The improved closure comprises one main part which can be applied readily to a bottle of the kind referred to, and, in the simplest form of the invention, a second part which is pivoted eccentrically upon the lirstpart and is adapted by a swinging movement on a pivot to engage the bottle neck at a diametrically opposite point. The 3o yfirst part is formed to carry a sealing'disc of cork or other suitable material and means may also be provided for drawing and locking the two parts tightly together. The invention will be more fully explained hereinafter with y reference to the accompanying ydrawing in which: y n Ffgurel is a view of the improved closure as seen from above, with the two parts or members in closing relation. l p Figure 2is a view in sectional elevation, the plane of section being indicated by the broken line 2 2 of Figures 1 and 3 and a portion of the bottle being also shown.

' 5" Figure 3 is a View generally similar to Figure l but with the two parts or members in open relation and with the pivot in horizontal section, the coned nut being removed.

Figure 4.- is a view similar to Figure 2, but 5o with the coned locking nut raised.

l two parts of the closure ytightly against the Figure 5 is a top view of the swinging member.

Figure 6 is a view of the swinging member in elevation as seen from the right hand in Figure l.

Figure member. y

Figure 8 is a view in side elevation of the main or base member.

The improved closure has been designed with particular reference to its use for the temporary closing of a bottle the neck a of which has at its mouth a lip or bead al.

The main or base member Z) is preferably formedas a flat disc with a depending flange b1. It is also formed, opposite the flange b1, with a depending flange b2 which is turned in at its lower edge in order that it may engage the lip al of the bottle mouth, as yclearly shown in Figures 2 and 4. f It may also be provided with projecting portions, as at Z2" and 64 as finger pieces for the convenience of the user. In the construction shown the finger piece b3 is formed by cutting out and bending up a portion of the flange o2 between its ends, while the finger pieces b4 areformed by bending outward the ends of the flange b2. Hthin the flanges 1 and b2 the member b may receive a sealing disc o of cork, rubber, or other suitable material which, in the operation of ther closure, is drawn down tightly upon the mouth of the bottle to close the same effectually.

The other part or swinging member d is pivoted upon the member b at a point at one side of the center of the member b, as at e, and, being generally triangular in shape, is provided opposite the pivot e with a depending flange Z1 which is turned inward at its lower edge for engagement with the bead a1 of the bottle neck, as shown in Figure 2. The inturned edge of the flange Z1 is cammed, being wider at its following end than at its leading end, as shown in Figures l, 3 and 5, so that when the closure has been applied to the 95 isa top view of the main or base i bottle neck, as shown in Figure 3, and has been swung from the position shown in Figure 3 to the position shown in Figure l, the cammed edge portion Z2 of the flange shall draw the .in manipulation.

For many purposes as thus far described is adequate, but in some cases it may be desired to provide additional means :tor drawing and locking tightly together the two parts of the` closure. For this purpose the swinging member d is formed with an elongated` slot (Z to straddle the base ofthe pivot pin c and is also provided, at the back of such slot, with an upturned and outwardly flared lip 6 G and the pivot pinl c islextended upward and threaded, as at c1, to-receive a coned thumb-mit the closure as thus provided is to be applied to the bottle neck the thumb-nut f is first backed off, as shown in Figure ii, to permit the closureto be applied to the bottleneck. Then, whenthe swinging part d has been e swung to the closing position shown in Figl uies l= and 2, the thumb-nut f is turned down and, engaging with the flared lip d, draws the swinging. member to theleft, inFigures l, 2 andi 4*, thereby drawing the lipk Z2 tightly aga-inst the bottle neck and holding the closure tightly in position.` This action also takes care of variations in size of bottle necks and headsand locks the closure against accidental release.

It will be observed that the improvedr` 'ciosure has no parts which must be sprung upon orffroin the bottle neck, with consequent dan.- genotA breakage and of loss ot elficiency, besides requiring the use of metal which has the required t egresoresilience, that the closure iseasily applied and when applieclis securely held in position, with the bottle mouth tightly closed, and thatV the closure can be formed for the most part, at least, by stamping-and' therefore is inexpensive to manufacturle.

` It will be understood thatthe 'forni'and arrangement or" the parts may be changed to suit-bottles of oneinake or another, or et one size or another, and that the invent-ion, therefore, except as pointed out in the accompany ing claims, is not restricted to the particular construction. shown anddescribed herein.

I claim as my invention:

l. A bottleclosure comprising one member formed to engage a bottle neck, a second member also formed to engage the bottle neck but opposite the first, a pivotpin secured upon thefirst member eccentric with respect tothe center thereof. and extended upwardly and threaded, the second member being ormed'with an elongated slot to engage the pivot1 pin and with an upturned flange, and aconed nut threadedupon the pivot pin andl (1i/)acting, with theupturned flange of the sec- VJ hen ond member to draw the flange of the second member tightly toward the flange of the first member.

2. A bottle closure comprising one member formed with a depending flange to engage a beaded bottle neck, and a second member also formed with a depending flange to engage the bottle neck but opposite the lirst and eccentrically pivoted upon the first to swing in the saine plane therewith, the flange or' the second memberbeing turned in at its lower edge and a cam on the inturned edge to provide a positive means for gradually decreasing the distancebetween the intuined edge and the depending flange oli the lirst member on the` opposite side of the bead ot' the bott-le as the second member is swung to a closed position.

3. A bottle closure comprising one meinber formed with a depending flange to engage a beaded bottle neck, anda second meniber also formed with a dependingflangeto engage the bottle neck but opposite the first and eccenti'ically pivoted upon the rst to swing in the sameplane therewith, thelia-nge of the second member being turned' inY at its lower edge, af cam on theY inturned` edge to provide a positive means for gradual-ly decreasing the distance between the inturned edge and the depending flange of the firstV member on the opposite side of the bead of the Vbottle as the second member' is` swung to a closed position, and means 'for locking the two members at any point in the closingposition of the-cam.

e. A bottle` closure comprising one member 4formed with a depending ilange to engage abeadedbottle'neck, anda second-member also formed with a` depending flange to engage the bottlel neck but' opposite` to the first and eccentrically pivotedupon the first to swing-1in the. same planeA therewith, the

flange of the first member being turned inY at its lower edge-and. the llangeof the second,v

member alsoy being.` turned; in at its: lower edge, acam on the inturned. edgeofthe second.

member to provide apositive means for. gradually decreasing the distance betweeirthe inturned edges of thedepending flanges of the two members on opposite sides o thefbead ofthe bottle as the second member is swung to a closed position, andmeans for .varying the working 'radius ofY the cam. f L

5. A bottle closure comprising one member formed with a depending vflangeto cngage a beaded bottle neck, and a second'niember also formed: with a depending flange to engage the bottle neck but opposite tothe first and eccentrical-lyV pivoted; uponthe first to swingin thev saine-plane therewith, the flange kof* the first member beingturned in-atI its lower edge andthe flange of the second member also; being turnedinr at; its. lower edge,a cam onthe inturned edge ofthel second memberto provide a positive meansv for gradually decreasing the distance between the inturned edges of the depending flanges of the two members on opposite sides ofthe bead of the bottle as the second member is swung 5 to a closed position, means for varying the working radius of the cam, and means for locking the closure members in any position.

6. A. bottle closure comprising one member formed to engage a bottle neck, a second lo member also formed to engage the bottle neck but opposite the first, a pivot pin secured upon the iirst member eccentrically with respect to the center thereof and extended upwardly7 a connection between the pivot pin' and the second member permitting translatory as well as pivotal movement of the second with respect to the irst, and means to impart translatory movement to the second member with respect to the irst. This specification signed this 25th day of January, A. D. 1928.

FRANK SCHNEIBLE. 

